noun · rare

bodge

bodge · bodges

пластир, лейкопластир

пластырь, лейкопластырь

Pflaster, Heftpflaster, Wundpflaster

A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repairA clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair.

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UK/bɒdʒ/US/bɑdʒ/

» That's a bodge job.

Das ist eine Erzschlamperei.

Meaning

3 senses

A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair.
(historical)The water in which a smith would quench items heated in a forge.
(East, England, South)A four-wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. Also, a homemade go-cart.

Examples

3 sentences

That's a bodge job.
deDas ist eine Erzschlamperei.
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Tom did a bodge job.
deTom hat gepfuscht.
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Tom bodged it.
deTom hat gepfuscht.
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English bocchen (“to mend, patch up, repair”), of uncertain origin.

Inherited from Middle English bocchen (“to mend, patch up, repair”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair, patch”) (Dutch botsen (“to strike, beat, knock together”)), related to Old High German bōzan (“to beat”), See beat; or perhaps from Old English bōtettan (“to improve, repair”), Old English bōtian (“to get better”). Compare botch. More at boot.

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